Robin behaviour (1 Viewer)

[mandyevans]

Hello,
Hopefully someone will be able to help me with this.
My daughter's had a Robin in her garden now for four days. He's been there all day on the ground she's been out to check on him and he flys away so not injured but soon as she comes back inside he comes back.
She's put some food out for him which he has eaten.
It just seems so strange he's spending so much time there. Sorry keep saying him it could be her.
Any advice would be much appreciated
Thank you.

 

[Kits]

Welcome to Birdforum. As long as he’s eating and able to fly, I wouldn’t worry too much.

 

[mandyevans]

Welcome to Birdforum. As long as he’s eating and able to fly, I wouldn’t worry too much.

Thank you

 

[StephenHampshire]

Hello,
Hopefully someone will be able to help me with this.
My daughter's had a Robin in her garden now for four days. He's been there all day on the ground she's been out to check on him and he flys away so not injured but soon as she comes back inside he comes back.
She's put some food out for him which he has eaten.
It just seems so strange he's spending so much time there. Sorry keep saying him it could be her.
Any advice would be much appreciated
Thank you.

You often find a very social robin in the garden, we currently have one that not only spends a lot of time on our terrace and or garden furniture, but sits on pots etc when I'm in the garden, and even pops into the house if I leave the back doors open!

 

[R T]

Hello,
Hopefully someone will be able to help me with this.
My daughter's had a Robin in her garden now for four days. He's been there all day on the ground she's been out to check on him and he flys away so not injured but soon as she comes back inside he comes back.
She's put some food out for him which he has eaten.
It just seems so strange he's spending so much time there. Sorry keep saying him it could be her.
Any advice would be much appreciated
Thank you.

Robins can be notoriously tame. Be very careful about feeding them, if cats visit your Garden. Specialist food is better than bread They love mealworm, which are available dried, or a general softbill food. from home bargains, and similar stores.,usually very inexpensive. Stick a spade in the ground, and get a pic of him on the handle, and you could make Xmas cards.

 

[PYRTLE]

Specialist food is better than bread.

They're ( or maybe just the ones in my garden ) are also fond of inexpensive titbits such as leftover cake and stale biscuits.... crumbled, economy or old grated cheese. Also very keen on sunflower hearts and suet pellets, alongside pre soaked mealworms. Many "newish" Robins are continental birds over here after Autumn that swell up the residential population and overwinter.

 

[Jos Stratford]

Be happy all ye folk in Britain, I miss the Robins from there. Over here, in eastern Europe, they are strictly summer visitors only and even then, although not shy, they are predominantly a woodland species. No Christmas greeting card type images of Robins atop garden spades here.